A court in Uganda has issued a 7-day ultimatum to its government to produce two Kenyan activists abducted in the East African country.
According to a statement by Freedom Hive Uganda, a human rights activist group, the habeas corpus hearing for Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo took place at the High Court Civil Division in Kampala earlier on Tuesday, October 14.
Justice Peter Kinobe ordered the government to produce Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, dead or alive, within seven days.
The Honourable Judge expressed his commitment to upholding the constitutional rights of the two activists, who have been held in unlawful military detention for 14 days.
"We remain hopeful that the government will comply with the court order and release the activists," Freedom Hive Uganda stated in the post.
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Njagi and Oyoo went missing after they travelled to Uganda to show solidarity with Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's National Unity Platform movement ahead of Uganda's 2026 presidential elections.
On September 30, they were spotted accompanying the National Unity Platform leader during campaign rallies in Buyende and Kamuli districts.
Their vehicle developed mechanical problems, forcing them to stop at a fuel station in Kireka for repairs.
Witnesses say four armed men surrounded them before forcibly bundling them into a waiting vehicle. Their mobile phones were switched off immediately after the abduction, heightening concerns about their safety.
The Ugandan Police Force has denied allegations of abducting the Kenyan activists. Speaking on Monday, October 6, UPF Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke said the two Kenyan activists are not in police custody.
Rusoke noted that if he had information about the two Kenyan nationals, he would have already shared it.
He stated that the police had not been briefed about having them in custody and added that there have been no official reports indicating that Njagi and Oyoo are missing persons.
"The Kenyan activists who are alleged to have come to join in a rally in Uganda and disappeared, I have not been briefed by the police that we have them in our custody. At the moment, I don't have any information to the effect that they are in police custody. If I had, I would have volunteered it here without any reservations," said Rusoke.
